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CARMEL, N.Y. — The popular youth fishing clinic is returning to the area next month. The free event is open to kids ages 5 to 15. Registration is required.
Councilman Robert Kearns will host his third fishing clinic Saturday, Sept. 6, at Carmel’s...
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BY HALSTON MEDIA STAFF
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8/15/25
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In the wake of the retirement of Putnam County Undersheriff Thomas Lindert, Brian Hess, commanding officer and founder of the Westchester-Putnam Real Time Crime Center, has been named his successor.
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BY BOB DUMAS
Editor-at-Large | 8/13/25 |
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In the wake of the retirement of Superintendent Christine Tona, the Mahopac School Board has appointed former athletic director Frank Miele as acting superintendent.
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BY BOB DUMAS
Editor-at-Large | 8/13/25 |
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An 18-year-old Mahopac man has been arrested and charged with multiple DWI-related felonies after crashing his car into a tree early Friday morning (Aug. 8) sending three occupants to the hospital with serious injuries.
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BY BOB DUMAS
Editor-at-Large | 8/12/25 |
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The adaptive playground at Airport Park in Mahopac is now officially open.
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BY HALSTON MEDIA STAFF
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8/7/25
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Town Hall got loud last Friday (Aug. 1) as supporters and protesters filled its main meeting room for a presentation by Congressman Mike Lawler, who was in town to tout his advocacy for raising the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions—a provision he said was essential to his support for President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 8/6/25 |
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MAHOPAC, N.Y.—Mahopac schools Superintendent Christine Tona announced her retirement effective Sept. 1 at the Board of Education's Aug. 5 meeting at Mahopac High School. Tona's contract was extended in 20204 and was slated to run to the middle of 2027.
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BY EMILE MENASCHÉ
Editor | 8/5/25 |
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Circolo da Vinci, an Italian American organization, held its annual scholarship awards dinner earlier this summer on Monday, June 16 at Miraggio Mediterranean Restaurant in Yorktown Heights.
Eight students from area high schools including...
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8/4/25
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Mahopac High School has been named a New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) School of Distinction for the 2024-25 school year.
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BY HALSTON MEDIA STAFF
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8/2/25
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The Putnam Chorale will begin its 41st season on Sept. 8, with Monday evening rehearsals at Carmel High School. Now with more than 65 singers, the Chorale is seeking new members from Putnam and Dutchess counties.
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BY HALSTON MEDIA STAFF
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8/2/25
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Holly Block, a 2017 Mahopac High School grad, is officially a quadruple threat. She’s a singer, dancer (and choreographer), actor and playwright.
Now, a musical that Block co-wrote with her writing partner, Elizabeth Jerjian, is about to have an...
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BY BOB DUMAS
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7/29/25
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The Mahopac Board of Education has new leadership for the 2025-26 school year. Board members elected Michael Mongon as president and Lucy Massafra as vice president at the BOE’s July 1 …
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By Emile Menasché
Editor | 7/26/25 |
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MAHOPAC, N.Y.—Patricia “Patty” Rathschmidt, a Mahopac philanthropist who co-founded the iconic local charity United for the Troops with her husband, Jim, has died. She was 69.
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BY BOB DUMAS
Editor-at-Large | 7/25/25 |
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Several Putnam County and Yorktown community organizations have received state grant money that will help fund youth workforce training, substance abuse prevention, and domestic violence outreach programs. State Sen. Pete Harckham helped secure $604,500 in an end-of-year resolution for the funding, which was distributed to 15 different recipients.
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By Halston Media Staff
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7/25/25
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Hulk Hogan, who died this week at age 71, reconnected with members of a pro wrestling royal family with local roots when the Albanos joined him during his March visit to the Carmel ShopRite.
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By Halston Media Staff
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7/25/25
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Members of a group called Fight Lawler are demanding an ethics probe after accusing Putnam County Legislator Erin Crowley of using a false name to infiltrate a Signal chat in the run up to and during a local town hall conducted by Congressman Mike Lawler. Crowley, whose district includes part of Mahopac, is Lawler’s representative in the area, and often meets with constituents on his behalf. Members of the group and other Lawler opponents staged a demonstration outside the Carmel Town Hall, on Thursday, July 17, calling for Crowley’s resignation and demanding an investigation into her actions.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/24/25 |
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The Mahopac Fire Department parade and carnival is back. The annual local tradition kicks off on Thursday, July 24, with the department’s dress parade at 7 p.m. Note: This year’s parade …
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By Halston Media Staff
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7/23/25
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CARMEL, N.Y. – A passenger in a vehicle involved in a head-on collision on Stoneleigh Avenue near the intersection of Drewville Road was airlifted to the hospital with severe injuries on …
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HALSTON MEDIA STAFF
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7/23/25
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Rep. Mike Lawler will not run for governor in 2026. The second-term Republican from Rockland County — whose district includes all of Rockland and Putnam counties, as well as much of northern Westchester and Dutchess County — told the New York Times on Wednesday he’ll forgo a run for governor next year, and instead, seek a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/23/25 |
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It may not be the Louvre, but the Town Hall in Mahopac recently became a pop-up art gallery, and the young artists who displayed their works there are better off because of it.
The show was part of an art therapy program sponsored by the Putnam...
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BY BOB DUMAS
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7/21/25
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